diff --git a/src/core/kfileitem.h b/src/core/kfileitem.h
--- a/src/core/kfileitem.h
+++ b/src/core/kfileitem.h
@@ -274,6 +274,14 @@
      */
     bool isWritable() const;
 
+#ifndef Q_OS_WIN  // Function uses low level xattr library for extracting extended attributes that is not available on Windows
+    /**
+     * Checks whether the file is hidden NTFS file.
+     * @return true if the file is hidden.
+     */
+    bool isHiddenNtfs() const;
+#endif
+
     /**
      * Checks whether the file is hidden.
      * @return true if the file is hidden.
diff --git a/src/core/kfileitem.cpp b/src/core/kfileitem.cpp
--- a/src/core/kfileitem.cpp
+++ b/src/core/kfileitem.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #ifndef Q_OS_WIN
 #include <knfsshare.h>
 #include <ksambashare.h>
+#include <sys/xattr.h>
 #endif
 #include <kfilesystemtype.h>
 
diff --git a/src/ioslaves/file/file_unix.cpp b/src/ioslaves/file/file_unix.cpp
--- a/src/ioslaves/file/file_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/ioslaves/file/file_unix.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
 
 #include "fdreceiver.h"
 
+#include <sys/xattr.h>
+
 //sendfile has different semantics in different platforms
 #if defined HAVE_SENDFILE && defined Q_OS_LINUX
 #define USE_SENDFILE 1
@@ -410,6 +412,42 @@
     return (QString::compare(url.host(), QLatin1String(hostname), Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0);
 }
 
+#ifdef Q_OS_LINUX
+bool isNtfsHidden(const QString &filename)
+{
+    constexpr auto attrName = "system.ntfs_attrib_be";
+    auto length = getxattr(filename.toLocal8Bit().data(), attrName, nullptr, 0);
+    if (length <= 0) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    constexpr size_t xattr_size = 1024;
+    char strAttr[xattr_size];
+    length = getxattr(filename.toLocal8Bit().data(), attrName, strAttr, xattr_size);
+    if (length <= 0) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // Decode result to hex string
+    static const auto digits = "0123456789abcdef";
+    auto hexAttr = new char[length * 2 + 4];
+    char *c = strAttr, *e = hexAttr;
+    *e++='0'; *e++ = 'x';
+    for (auto n = 0; n < length; n++, c++) {
+        *e++ = digits[(static_cast<uchar>(*c) >> 4)];
+        *e++ = digits[(static_cast<uchar>(*c) & 0x0F)];
+    }
+    *e = '\0';
+
+    // Decode hex string to int
+    auto intAttr = static_cast<uint>(strtol(hexAttr, nullptr, 16));
+    delete[] hexAttr;
+
+    constexpr auto FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN = 0x2u;
+    return static_cast<bool>(intAttr & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN);
+}
+#endif
+
+
 void FileProtocol::listDir(const QUrl &url)
 {
     if (!isLocalFileSameHost(url)) {
@@ -506,6 +544,11 @@
 
         } else {
             if (createUDSEntry(filename, QByteArray(ep->d_name), entry, details)) {
+#ifdef Q_OS_LINUX
+                if (isNtfsHidden(filename)) {
+                    entry.insert(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_HIDDEN, 1);
+                }
+#endif
                 listEntry(entry);
             }
         }